--- iata: LIT name: Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport city: Little Rock country: United States lastUpdated: '2026-09-12' officialWebsite: 'https://clintonairport.com/' sources: - 'https://clintonairport.com/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/about-us/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/destinations/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/dine-shop/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/airport-map/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/parking/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/parking-options/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/ground-transportation/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/car-rental-taxis-shuttles/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/passenger-drop-off-pickup/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/departing-passengers/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/arriving-passengers/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/frequently-asked-questions/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/tsa-precheck-enrollment-office/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/customer-service/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/flylit/' - 'https://clintonairport.com/financial-reports/' - >- https://clintonairport.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LIT-2025-ACFR-Final-6-2-26.pdf - >- https://clintonairport.com/little-rock-municipal-airport-commission-names-suzanne-peyton-executive-director/ - 'https://www.airnav.com/airport/KLIT' - >- https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/arp-cy2025-all-enplanements-preliminary.pdf - 'https://aviationdb.com/Aviation/OTP/Destination-OTP-2025.shtm' - 'https://rrmetro.org/rider/information/visitors/' - 'https://rrmetro.org/metro_connect_zones/east-little-rock/' - 'https://rrmetro.org/fares/general-info/fares-passes/' - 'https://www.clearme.com/where-to-use-clear' quickFacts: - >- Official FY 2025 ACFR (calendar year): **2,314,000** total passengers (−1.39% vs 2,346,000) and **1,160,227** enplanements (−1.2% vs 1,174,148). Aircraft operations **89,712**. Air freight **14,930,181 lb**. FAA preliminary CY 2025 enplanements **1,126,047** (−1.71% vs 1,145,693) is a different extract — do not mix it with the ACFR. About-page “two million passengers annually” is a rounded line. - >- One civil passenger terminal at **1 Airport Road, Little Rock, AR 72202** (official site). AirNav/FAA still print **1 Airport Drive**. Official map: **Gates 1–12**, ticketing / TSA / Customer Care upstairs, bags / rentals / ground transport downstairs. **One TSA**, then a single sterile concourse — wrong gate is a walk, not a reclear. Main phone **(501) 900-7800**. Customer Care **(501) 375-1509**. - >- Official FAQ (12 Sep 2026), six names: **Allegiant, American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United**. Destinations page: **more than 80 daily flights**. Live official destination cards: ATL, BNA, CLT, DAL, DCA, DEN, DFW, IAH, LAS, LGA, MCO (NEW), MIA (Saturdays only), ORD, PHX (NEW; daily AA, Southwest Saturdays 11/21, 11/28, 12/19, 12/26, 1/2/27), PIE, SFB, SLC (homepage “Returns September 10”), VPS. ACFR 31 Dec 2025 still listed **STL at 2.0 daily** — **STL is not on the live cards**. **No scheduled international passenger airline.** AirNav “customs landing rights” is field CBP / cargo-GA, not a passenger FIS. - >- **No passenger lounge.** Official dine-and-shop and the airport map have none. Live Priority Pass / Escape lists do not include LIT. Aggregator **“The Club LIT”** and generic **Airssist Executive Lounge** copy are fiction. Sleeping-in-Airports **LRF** is Little Rock Air Force Base — not this field. - >- Three runways: **4L/22R 8,273×150**, **4R/22L 8,251×150**, **18/36 6,224×150** (AirNav; ACFR: two parallel commercial runways plus a third used mainly for GA). Owner **City of Little Rock**; operator **Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission**. Executive director **Suzanne Peyton** since **1 Jan 2026**. AirNav still names **David Tipton** as manager — he is finance / was interim ED. Civil field only. **Do not create a second airport for KLIT or LRF (Little Rock AFB, ~12 nm N).** North Little Rock Municipal is **ORK**. - >- `lib/airports.json`: IATA **LIT**, ICAO **KLIT**, 34.730053, −92.222975, America/Chicago. AirNav elev **266 ft**, 2 mi E of Little Rock. Present terminal originally **1972**. ACFR: **over 2,200 acres**, **3,576** parking spaces, **12 gates**, small-hub. Official branding **Clinton National Airport** / clintonairport.com. bentoTips: - label: TSA title: 'Checkpoint opens at 4:00 a.m.' detail: >- Official pages do not print a live wait widget or a separate PreCheck-lane clock. PreCheck enrollment is on the 3rd level above the checkpoint, Monday–Friday 08:00–16:00, $76.75. No CLEAR on official pages or clearme.com. summary: >- Official departing/FAQ clock is 4:00 a.m. daily; ticket counters typically ~3:30 a.m. Arrive two hours out. Building is 24/7. category: timing - label: Layout title: 'One TSA, 12 connected gates' detail: >- Ticketing, TSA, Customer Care, and Riverbend are upstairs. Bags, rentals, and ground transport are downstairs. Official map pins a nursing room on both sides of security and a pet-relief area across from TSA. summary: >- After screening you are on a single concourse through Gate 12. Wrong gate is a walk, not a reclear. category: terminal - label: Food title: Eat after TSA unless you want Riverbend detail: >- Official clocks — CFA/BK/Bagel 04:00–20:00; Chili’s 06:00–21:00; Hudson 04:30 to last departure; airside Starbucks 04:00–18:00; landside Starbucks 04:00–21:00; Riverbend 10:00–18:00; Daily News 05:00–17:00. summary: >- Chick-fil-A, Burger King, Chili’s, Great American Bagel, Hudson, and one Starbucks sit on the sterile concourse. Riverbend and Daily News are landside. category: food - label: Lounge title: There is no passenger lounge detail: >- Customer Care across from Riverbend is a help desk, not a lounge. Bring a bottle — official pages do not map fillers. summary: >- Official map and dine-and-shop list none. Do not pay an aggregator for “The Club LIT.” category: status lounges: [] waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: Hudson News bottled water zone: airside price: posted register price summary: >- Official concourse clock is 4:30 a.m. until the last departure. Official pages do not print a bottle price. location: 'Airside concourse newsstand, official map pin with Hudson News after TSA' terminal: Main terminal isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: Starbucks bottled water zone: landside price: posted register price summary: >- Official clocks 4:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. landside and 4:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. for the second shop. Official pages do not print a bottle price. location: >- Landside Starbucks on the official map next to Daily News, or the second Starbucks after TSA terminal: Main terminal - kind: refill name: Concourse restroom fountains zone: airside summary: >- Official departing copy says you can get ice again at a post-screening restaurant. There is no official filler map. Treat this as a hunt, not a pin. location: >- Hunt the restroom banks on the single concourse after TSA — official pages do not map bottle fillers terminal: Main terminal airportistScore: 6.9 slug: lit region: North America --- > Markdown for [/airports/lit](/airports/lit). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/lit) - [Lounge directory](/airports/lit/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) Little Rock, United States · North America One TSA, 12 connected gates, named free Wi-Fi, and a $10 Economy lot two miles from downtown — traded against no passenger lounge, no fixed-route bus, and official pages that still do not map water fillers. ## Airportist Score **6.9 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 8.6 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.1 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 6.9 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 7.4 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.8 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 2.0 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 2.31 million (FY 2025 ACFR) - Terminals: 1 terminal, 12 gates, 1 TSA - Typical security: 10 min - On-time: 74% - Disruption: minor ## Best for - Central Arkansas trips that do not want a DFW or ATL connection - Drivers using the $10 Economy lots - METRO Connect riders headed downtown inside zone hours - Compact one-checkpoint fields with PreCheck enrollment on site ## Watch out for - No passenger lounge — aggregator Club LIT / Airssist copy is fiction - No fixed-route bus; METRO Connect stops at 20:00 weekdays / 17:00 weekends - Official pages do not map water fillers or print a taxi tariff - STL is gone from the live destination cards; AirNav still names the former interim director ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/lit/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/lit/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/lit/amenities.md) - [Traveler tips](/airports/lit/tips.md) - [Water](/airports/lit/water.md) - [Full guide](/airports/lit/guide.md) - [Disruptions](/airports/lit/disruptions.md) - [Reviews](/airports/lit/reviews.md) (free)